Ocarina Man

I taught a workshop on teaching ocarina at the Utah Music Educators Association in St. George (Utah) this past weekend. It was a lot of fun and we had two sessions with 35 participants in each. We played through some of the tunes in this blog with the accompaniments that I have developed with Band-in-a-Box (I will be posting these soon). I'm planning to teach my son's fifth grade class how to play. I'll keep everyone posted about how it goes. My only complaint about the conference is the title assigned to my workshop: Ocarina Man! I didn't choose it and I've never aspired to be the Ocarina Man. Maybe it's "Ocarina, Man!" That would be cool.